The Crew (1995 TV series)

The Crew is an American sitcom television series that aired on Fox from August 31, 1995, to June 30, 1996.

The Crew
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Marc Cherry Jamie Wooten John Pardee Joey Murphy
Starring	Rose Jackson Kristin Bauer David Burke Charles Esten Dondré Whitfield Christine Estabrook Lane Davies
Composer	Steven Cahill
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	21
Production
Executive producers	Marc Cherry Jamie Wooten
Producers	Joey Murphy John Pardee Jordan Reed Jason Shubb
Running time	22 minutes (approx.)
Production companies	Wooten & Cherry Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	August 31, 1995 (1995-08-31) – June 30, 1996 (1996-06-30)

Premise

The show follows the lives of a group of flight attendants working for the fictitious Regency Airlines. Jess Jameson and Maggie Reynolds work together and are roommates in the trendy South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. Their other friends include Paul, who is gay; Randy, a southern ladies' man; Lenora, a former flight attendant; MacArthur, the bartender of Mambo Mambo, the restaurant at which the cast socialize; and Captain Rex Parker.

Cast

• Rose Jackson as Jess Jameson
• Kristin Bauer as Maggie Reynolds
• David Burke as Paul Steadman
• Charles Esten as Randy Anderson
• Dondré Whitfield as MacArthur 'Mac' Edwards
• Christine Estabrook as Lenora Zwick, Flight Crew Supervisor
• Lane Davies as Captain Rex Parker

Production history

The series was created by Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, with Cherry and Wooten as executive producers. Music production team Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, aka Wendy & Lisa, produced and sang the opening title for the series.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"The New Pilot, Literally"	Steve Zuckerman	Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, John Pardee & Joey Murphy	August 31, 1995 (1995-08-31)
2	"The Dating Game"	Steve Zuckerman	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)
3	"The Operation"	Linda Day	Maxine Lapiduss	September 14, 1995 (1995-09-14)
4	"P is for Paul"	Linda Day	Tim Schlattmann	September 21, 1995 (1995-09-21)
5	"The Sugar Shack"	Jim Drake	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin	September 28, 1995 (1995-09-28)
6	"Bar Mitzvah Boy"	John Sgueglia	Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine	October 5, 1995 (1995-10-05)
7	"Who's Got the Button?"	John Sgueglia	Alison Taylor	October 5, 1995 (1995-10-05)
8	"Invitation to a Wedding (Revised Pilot)"	James Widdoes	Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, Joey Murphy & John Pardee	October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19)
9	"Goin' Hollywood"	John Sgueglia	Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine	November 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
10	"Around the World in 80 Ways"	Steve Zuckerman	Maxine Lapiduss	November 9, 1995 (1995-11-09)
11	"Extremities"	Linda Day	Joey Murphy & John Pardee	November 16, 1995 (1995-11-16)
12	"The Mating Season"	Steve Zuckerman	Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine	November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30)
13	"The Worst Noel"	Lex Passaris	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin	December 14, 1995 (1995-12-14)
14	"My Mother, My Sister"	Linda Day	Maxine Lapiduss	January 4, 1996 (1996-01-04)
15	"A League of Their Own"	Linda Day	Lynnie Greene & Richard Levine	January 11, 1996 (1996-01-11)
16	"Retail Slut"	Linda Day	Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin	January 25, 1996 (1996-01-25)
17	"The New Kids on the Block"	Jim Drake	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	May 26, 1996 (1996-05-26)
18	"Love and Marriage"	Jim Drake	Sarit Catz & Gloria Ketterer	June 9, 1996 (1996-06-09)
19	"Winds of Change: Part 1"	Amanda Bearse	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	June 16, 1996 (1996-06-16)
20	"Winds of Change: Part 2"	Linda Day	John Pardee & Joey Murphy	June 23, 1996 (1996-06-23)
21	"The Man We Love"	John Sgueglia	Robert Spina (Script Supervisor)	June 30, 1996 (1996-06-30)

Reception

Tom Shales for The Washington Post gave the show a negative review, calling it a clone of NBC's Friends.^[1]